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[Avacado]

I did not think I was going to understand what the comfort rating is however, first experience is like riding on pillows. The wheel turns so effortlessly. So far, so good. 

[Sir Beregond]

I totally get Avacado's position being where he is. It's all season and then what a dedicated summer tire? Seems less a reason to carry two sets if he's not racing or something.

 

Having two sets makes way more sense if you need a dedicated snow tire for winter and then an all season (or as I call them - 3 season) tire for a normal car.

 

I started doing that in 2018. Been through two sets of snows since then just due to how CO winters can be between snows (dry and sometimes warm). But it definitely prolonged the life of my all seasons. My snows are usually on from November through end of April or early May which is usually the last snow of the year in this area anyway. So I have a pretty even split of time on sets.

 

Nice thing is having them on their own set of wheels, Discount Tire will just swap em for free.

 

I'm probably on my last season for the all season set and will need to get a new one next spring. I kinda went cheap last time with some General Altimax RT43's. They were $110/tire in 2018 when i got them. Thinking I'll go back to Michelin as they just feel better but they definitely didn't last as long. I don't need anything crazy as I am driving a Mazda CX-5.

Edited April 28 by Sir Beregond

[SoloCamo]

On 27/04/2024 at 12:33, Avacado said:

I did not think I was going to understand what the comfort rating is however, first experience is like riding on pillows. The wheel turns so effortlessly. So far, so good. 

 

Just got the rears done on mine today.  I concur, my General G-MAX AS-05's were pretty comfy especially with my tire size of 225/55/17 having plenty of sidewall but these are clearly superior.  Once the front's are swapped it will definitely be a better ride.  That said,  I've got to check the PSI they put in, as they seem to flex quite a bit more on turns which is not what I expected, at all. Grip is more than restored though and that's with less than 50 miles so it will only improve for a bit from here.

 

Only down side is that the G-MAX tires just looked better on the car compared to these but that doesn't matter when the tire that looks 'worse' (subjectively) performs better anyways.

Edited April 28 by SoloCamo

[Alex]

On 27/04/2024 at 12:05, Avacado said:

And they are on.

 

Has that fender been repainted? That's a lot of orange peel...

[Andrew]

4 minutes ago, Alex said:

Has that fender been repainted? That's a lot of orange peel...

Nah, that's just the reflection of his shirt.

Edited April 29 by Andrew

[The Pook]

4 hours ago, Alex said:

Has that fender been repainted? That's a lot of orange peel...

 

he does get in like 4 accidents a week

 

so it's prolly been resprayed 15 times this month already 

Edited April 29 by The Pook

[SoloCamo]

On 28/04/2024 at 16:17, SoloCamo said:

That said,  I've got to check the PSI they put in, as they seem to flex quite a bit more on turns which is not what I expected, at all. Grip is more than restored though and that's with less than 50 miles so it will only improve for a bit from here.

 

To follow up, PSI was at 35 which is what I typically run in this car on the rears.  I'll judge the perceived sidewall flex more when I have a matching set up front.  I did a hard launch from a dig and this thing hasn't hooked like this in a long time.  Did a u turn at a speed where the back end normally would break loose and it bit it so much more than expected that I almost slid out of my seat.   For a $20 difference per tire I'm sold... so far.

Edited April 30 by SoloCamo

[damric]

[Andrew]

2 hours ago, damric said:

Nice image

[damric]

18 hours ago, Andrew said:

Nice image

lmao yeah let's try that again

 

[Andrew]

After exclusively using snow mode for 323.6 miles, I am no longer going to use it. Snow mode reduces throttle response and is supposed to give the car slightly less power, which means less fuel used. Turns out, it doesn't, so back to normal mode.

 

[SoloCamo]

Let's just say I'm loving these new tires

 

How it started  and how it went...  All that underglow on that 6th Gen V6 Camaro wasn't saving him and that 370Z (with some exhaust work) is basically a 400-500lb lighter version of my car.    Took a while for the Z to catch but he was catching up as he should be with the weight difference.   I will say Mexico is nice this time of year though.

Edited Saturday at 18:41 by SoloCamo